Tom Meedel has been a regular visitor to our lab. He is studying the role of the ascidian MRF gene, Ci-Mrf, during larval muscle development. He has his own lab in Rhode Island College, USA.

Publication from our collaboration:
Thomas H. Meedel, Patrick Chang and Hitoyoshi Yasuo. Muscle development in Ciona intestinalis requires the b-HLH myogenic regulatory factor gene Ci-MRF. Developmental Biology, doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.09.043.